Scenes and Sketches: In FrancePublished for the proprietor, 1835 - 330 pages |
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Page 191 - Which after held the Sun and Moon in fee. But this is got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when Truth would set them free. Licence they mean when they cry Liberty...
Page 316 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 191 - Railed at Latona's twin-born progeny, Which after held the sun and moon in fee. But this is got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when Truth would set them free.
Page xxiv - Élève un esprit sage au-dessus de l'envie. Tranquille au haut des cieux que Newton s'est soumis, II ignore en effet s'il a des ennemis : Je ne les connais plus.
Page 107 - SIR: I have received the letter which you did me the honor to address to me...
Page 118 - ... bare Of nightly stealths, and pillage several, Which he had got abroad by purchase criminal. He was, to weet, a stout and sturdy thief, Wont to rob churches of their ornaments, And poor men's boxes of their due relief, Which given was to them for good intents: The holy saints of their rich vestimenta He did disrobe, when all men careless slept; And spoiled the priests of their habiliments; Whiles none the holy things in safety kept, Then he by cunning sleights in at the window crept.
Page 327 - A great variety of topics of vast interest are ably and eloquently discussed. The reader, who only looks for dry argumentation, will be agreeably disappointed, as the work abounds with beautiful, and frequently splendid illustrations.
Page 327 - The perusal of such volumes as these, acts as a sort of gymnasium upon the mind, by which all its powers are strengthened, and all its moral qualities improved.
Page 158 - Our host shewed us with deep and reverential interest an old Bible, which had been in the family for very many years, and which must have been carefully concealed during the century of persecution, because in those days it would have exposed any one to the most imminent peril even to possess a Bible. Duchemin...
Page x - France in 1785, it is impossible not to recognize a variety of most important and salutary changes.